JONES WINS PERRIS THRILLER, WIDENS NATIONAL POINT LEAD

Perris, CA…….Levi Jones of Avon, Ind. took a giant step toward his third USAC National Sprint Car championship Friday night, winning a thrilling 25-lap preliminary feature in the 14th “Budweiser Oval Nationals” at the Perris Auto Speedway. Jones passed Damion Gardner on lap 14 and led the final 12 laps in his Tony Stewart Racing Chevy/Bass Pro Shops Maxim/Kistler Chevy. Fast qualifier Jon Stanbrough finished second ahead of Lucas Oil USAC/CRA point leader Mike Spencer, Gardner and Darren Hagen. Jones emerged from the race with a 124-point cushion over Dave Darland, who flipped during the fifth heat race and was unable to start the feature. Spencer’s lead over David Cardey in the USAC/CRA standings now stands at 40 points going into Saturday night’s “Budweiser Oval Nationals” finale at the PAS.


 


USAC NATIONAL & LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: November 6, 2009 – Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway – 14th “Budweiser Oval Nationals”


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jon Stanbrough, 37, Indiana Underground-16.303; 2. Nic Faas, 17F, Faas-16.312; 3. Bryan Clauson, 7, Tucker-16.337; 4. Cole Whitt, 67k, Kunz-16.359; 5. Dave Darland, 2B, RWB-16.401; 6. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-16.430; 7. Jimmy Crawford, 11, Crawford-16.447; 8. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-16.499; 9. Darren Hagen, 4x, Alexander-16.516; 10. Matt Mitchell, 37x, Mitchell-16.516; 11. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-16.546; 12. Henry Clarke, 67, Kunz-16.600; 13. Cory Kruseman, 21k, Kruseman-16.606; 14. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-16.611; 15. Ronnie Gardner, 96, Gardner-16.653; 16. Garrett Hansen, 7x, Priestley-16.656; 17. Keith Bloom Jr., 27, Braund-16.697; 18. Tracy Hines, 21, Stewart-16.703; 19. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK Racing-16.710; 20. Justin Grant, 5, Baldwin-16.731; 21. Brady Short, 36, Short-16.778; 22. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-16.780; 23. David Cardey, 38, Crossno-16.787; 24. Richard VanderWeerd, 10, VanderWeerd-16.807; 25. Davey Pombo, 11p, Buster & Ziggy-16.809; 26. Blake Miller, 93, Gardner-16.838; 27. Cody Kershaw, 51k, Camarillo-16.842; 28. Greg Bragg, 92, Sertich-16.852; 29. R.J. Johnson, 15, Martin-16.857; 30. Peter Murphy, 21t, Tarlton-16.928; 31. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-16.975; 32. Steve Sussex, 0, Price-17.051; 33. Brent Camarillo, 51, Camarillo-17.062; 34. Bruce St. James, 7k, St. James-17.081; 35. Kenny Perkins, 0K, Perkins-17.101; 36. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-17.134; 37. Kevin Swindell 83, Roth-17.135; 38. Austin Mero, 71k, Kruseman-17.155; 39. Tony Jones, 4, Alexander-17.208; 40. Casey Riggs, 37r, Riggs-17.224; 41. Ludvig Solberg IV, 84, Persall-17.298; 42. Matthew Shedarowich, 8z, Shedarowich-17.299; 43. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-17.304; 44. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-17.342; 45. John Aden, 7a, Aden-17.382; 46. Brian Camarillo, 22, Camarillo-17.497; 47. Rusty Carlile, 151, Carlile-17.599; 48. Marty Hawkins, 3m, Hawkins-17.991; 49. Jonny Bates, 33, Bates-NT; 50. Jeff Bland, Jr., 36r, Short-NT; 51. Coleman Gullick, 14, Gullick-NT.


 


“C” MAIN: (10 laps) 1. Solberg IV, 2. C.Williams, 3. Aden, 4. Carlile, 5. Brian Camarillo, 6. Shedarowich, 7. J.Vander Weerd, 8. Hawkins. NT


 


FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. R.Williams, 2. L.Jones, 3. Spencer, 4. Short, 5. Stanbrough, 6. Hansen, 7. Miller, 8. A.Williams. NT


SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Swindell, 2. Sheridan, 3. Sussex, 4. Clarke, 5. Faas, 6. Crawford, 7. Kershaw, 8. Bloom. 2:52.52


THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Cardey, 2. Brent Camarillo, 3. D.Gardner, 4. Kruseman, 5. Bragg, 6. Hines, 7. Mero, 8. Clauson. NT


FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. T.Jones, 2. St. James, 3. Johnson, 4. Hagen, 5. Whitt, 6. Boat, 7. Kaeding, 8. R.VanderWeerd. NT


FIFTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Mitchell, 2. Riggs, 3. Perkins, 4. Pombo, 5. Grant, 6. Murphy, 7. Darland, 8. Gardner. 2:55.70


 


SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Stanbrough, 2. Faas, 3. Clauson, 4. Crawford, 5. Whitt, 6. Hansen, 7. Bloom, 8. Hines, 9. Boat, 10. Kaeding, 11. R.Gardner, 12. Grant, 13. Miller, 14. Bragg, 15. R.VanderWeerd, 16. Murphy, 17. Kershaw, 18. A.Williams, 19. Mero, 20. C.Williams, 21. Aden, 22. Solberg, 23. Carlile. 3:22.84


 


FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Levi Jones, 2. Jon Stanbrough, 3. Mike Spencer, 4. Damion Gardner, 5. Darren Hagen, 6. Matt Mitchell, 7. Bryan Clauson, 8. Cole Whitt, 9. David Cardey, 10. Nic Faas, 11. Cory Kruseman, 12. Brady Short, 13. Henry Clarke, 14. Danny Sheridan, 15. Garrett Hansen, 16. Rip Williams, 17. Greg Bragg, 18. Tracy Hines, 19. Kevin Swindell, 20. R.J. Johnson, 21. Jimmy Crawford, 22. Bruce St. James, 23. Davey Pombo, 24. Steve Sussex, 25. Brent Camarillo, 26. Kenny Perkins, 27. Tony Jones, 28. Casey Riggs. NT


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**Gullick flipped during practice. Hawkins and Bland flipped during qualifications. Darland flipped during the fifth heat. T.Jones flipped on lap 6 of the feature.


 


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Jones, Laps 3-6 Hagen, Laps 7-12 Jones, Lap 13 D.Gardner, Laps 14-25 Jones.


NEW USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-L.Jones-1,681; 2-Darland-1,557; 3-Whitt-1,532; 4-Jerry Coons Jr.-1,352; 5-Hines-1,299; 6-D.Gardner-1,235; 7-Hagen-991; 8-Clauson-882; 9-Boat-876; 10-Stanbrough-818.


NEW LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Spencer-856; 2-Cardey-816; 3-Hansen-703; 4-Miller-688; 5-Sheridan-638; 6-Bragg-621; 7-Mitchell-571; 8-R.Williams-520; 9-Kruseman-446; 10-T.Jones-371.


NEXT USAC NATIONAL & LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: November 7 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway – 14th “Budweiser Oval Nationals”